| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuyuki Watanabe | 
                             
                            JPN
                         | 
                            27:48.55 | 27:48.55 | 
| 2 | Alejandro Gómez | 
                             
                            ESP
                         | 
                            27:39.38 | 27:51.64 | 
| 3 | Joseph Kimani | 
                             
                            KEN
                         | 
                            27:28.07 | 27:28.07 | 
| 4 | Khalid Skah | 
                             
                            MAR
                         | 
                            27:17.74 | 28:11.99 | 
| 5 | Stéphane Franke | 
                             
                            GER
                         | 
                            27:50.93 | 27:50.93 | 
| 6 | António Pinto | 
                             
                            POR
                         | 
                            27:48.1 | 28:06.18 | 
| 7 | Todd Williams | 
                             
                            USA
                         | 
                            27:31.34 | 27:31.34 | 
| 8 | Stefano Baldini | 
                             
                            ITA
                         | 
                            27:50.27 | 27:50.27 | 
| 9 | Paulo Guerra | 
                             
                            POR
                         | 
                            28:11.14 | 28:11.94 | 
| 10 | Hendrick Ramaala | 
                             
                            RSA
                         | 
                            27:54.59 | 27:54.59 | 
| 11 | Abel Antón | 
                             
                            ESP
                         | 
                            27:51.37 | 27:51.37 | 
| 12 | Assefa Mezgebu | 
                             
                            ETH
                         | 
                            27:59.63 | 27:59.63 | 
| 13 | Domingos Castro | 
                             
                            POR
                         | 
                            27:34.53 | 27:48.19 | 
| 14 | Toshiyuki Hayata | 
                             
                            JPN
                         | 
                            28:04.44 | 28:04.44 | 
| 15 | Paul Tergat | 
                             
                            KEN
                         | 
                            27:18.43 | 28:10.78 | 
| 16 | Haile Gebrselassie | 
                             
                            ETH
                         | 
                            26:43.53 | 26:43.53 | 
| 17 | Mathias Ntawulikura | 
                             
                            RWA
                         | 
                            27:36.15 | 27:47.93 | 
| 18 | Salah Hissou | 
                             
                            MAR
                         | 
                            27:21.75 | 27:47.20 | 
| 19 | Josephat Machuka | 
                             
                            KEN
                         | 
                            27:29.07 | 27:29.07 | 
| 20 | Gérman Silva | 
                             
                            MEX
                         | 
                            27:46.52 | 27:49.07 |